Would you reapply for your job

[DynamoKev]

It looks as if, following a merger, some or all of us may be invited to apply for our current jobs.
I realise that organisations only merge to save costs and the result will be some people left without a job - that's just how capitalism works.
I have minimal employment rights as I have been in the job less than 2 years (thanks Tories and Tory voters).
If this happens I am considering not applying as I consider the process demeaning. I think I could probably get a job somewhere else and this one isn't wonderful. Would you apply for your existing job if they asked you?

@TeaAndBrie

I work in the public sector, I’ve done this 3 times. It’s a pain but necessary. I think it’s also good as people need to up their game sometimes and don’t just coast in a job for 20 years without making an effort.

I don't have 20 years of employment left :)

@Notthemessiah

Capitalism as a whole is demeaning, unless you're the 1% making money out of forcing people to beg\compete for their old jobs. I'm sure they'd prefer a gladiator-style contest, but that's still illegal (for now).

This is no worse than many of the things various bosses will make you do, so it really would depend on how much I liked the job, what my chances were of getting a better one and how much I'd love to tell them to stick their re-application process up their arse.

The thing is - I have seen a lot of presentations from the new management recently and I can't warm to any of them. They seem nasty and defensive.

Yes. You'd be cutting off your nose to spite your face not to. Don't leave a job intentionally before you have secured another job. But definitely be looking for other jobs now in case you don't get this one.

I think I’m going to have to do this this summer when my organisation has its change process or whatever they’re calling this round of redundancies. I think it’s completely demeaning and humiliating and don’t know how others don’t. When your reviews have all been very good for the time you’ve been in post why the hell should you have to jump through hoops to keep your own job. If we weren’t going through Corona and perhaps an upcoming recession I wouldn’t apply. But because there’s less jobs available and a really unstable job market I will be applying for my own and for other roles.